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Native American Activists

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Darlene Pearl Nichols-Ecoffey
Darlene Nichols, also known by the names Kamook, Ka-Mook, Kamook Nichols and Ka-Mook Nichols, is the name of a former AIM member and Native American protester. She is best known for her role in the Ame...
Dennis James Banks, Sr. (1937 - 2017)
Co-founding the American Indian Movement Raised by his grandmother Agnes LaMonte Dennis J. Banks, Chippewa Chief "Ogema" who founded the American Indian Movement in 1968 and led often-violent insurrec...
Vine V. Deloria, Jr. (1933 - 2005)
Victor Deloria, Jr. (March 26, 1933 – November 13, 2005) was an American Indian author, theologian, historian, and activist. He was widely known for his book Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manife...

Native American Activist

Please add profiles here of activists that are of Native American origin. Lest we forget those who stand for right and justice, may they be honoured.

Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944) is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM). In 1977 he was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for first degree murder in the shooting of two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents during a 1975 conflict on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Peltier's indictment and conviction have been the subject of much controversy; Amnesty International placed his case under the "Unfair Trials" category of its Annual Report: USA 2010. Peltier is incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary, Coleman in Florida. Peltier's next scheduled parole hearing will be in July 2024. Barring appeals, parole or presidential pardon, his projected release date is October 11, 2040.
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